Mobile terminal privacy protection method and protection apparatus, and mobile terminal

A mobile terminal privacy protection method, comprising:

• obtaining an unlock instruction entered by a user on a lock screen interface;
• actively obtaining a biometric feature of the user according to the unlock instruction;
• and
• presenting an unlocked first interface when the obtained biometric feature of the user matches a preset biometric feature;
• presenting a second unlocked interface when the obtained biometric feature of the user does not match the preset biometric feature,
• wherein an interface element of the unlocked second interface comprises an unencrypted application icon,
• wherein interface elements of the unlocked first interface comprise an encrypted application icon and the unencrypted application icon, and
• wherein the encrypted application icon is an application icon that is not presented when the obtained biometric feature of the user does not match the preset biometric feature.

A mobile terminal, comprising:

• a processor configured to obtain an application start instruction;
• an input device coupled to the processor and configured to actively obtain a biometric feature of a user according to the application start instruction;
• and
• an output device coupled to the processor and the input device and configured to display an encrypted content list and an unencrypted content list of an application when the obtained biometric feature of the user matches a preset biometric feature,
• wherein the encrypted content list of the application is generated according to encrypted content in the application,
• wherein the unencrypted content list of the application is generated according to unencrypted content in the application, and
• wherein the encrypted content in the application is content that is not presented when the obtained biometric feature of the user does not match the preset biometric feature,
• wherein the processor is further configured to
• obtain an unlock instruction entered by the user on a lock screen interface;
• actively obtain the biometric feature of the user according to the unlock instruction;
• display an encrypted application icon and an unencrypted application icon when the obtained biometric feature of the user matches the preset biometric feature;
• and
• display the unencrypted application icon when the biometric feature of the user is not obtained and when the obtained biometric feature of the user does not match the preset biometric feature.